Foam Hand Sanitizer...better for your skin than hand sanitizer gel or spray?!?
The Hand Sanitizer Phenomena! From gels, to sprays, to now foam?!? Is there a difference? or is just preference? Is there any difference in effectiveness between the gel, foam, or spray versions of instant hand sanitizer? If not...then why have different versions?
Intriguing questions you need 2 know today! (All answered here!)
You may not care about the details, but surveys show 1 out of 3 people use instant hand sanitizer on a regular basis. You may see somebody frantically use it after everything they touch, or somebody using in the bathroom, even after they washed their hands! It has now become part of our psyche; is it because of fear? media? yes, and yes, but! regardless of the reason, or if it is even good for us to use at such high levels of it; we should at least know the facts about it. As stated in the "Hand Sanitizer Dispensers!" article, In order for hand sanitizers to be effective it has to have at least 60% alcohol in them in order be effective.
Now, some studies have shown that rigorous use of hand sanitizer can be harmful to your skin by drying it out which could leave susceptible to other bacteria or diseases; the solution...hand sanitizer with moisturizers! There are several versions of hand sanitizer gels with moisturizers, even company's that make moisturizers (i.e. dove, gold bond, etc.) make lotion hand sanitizers. With moisture now being a big issue due to the possible dangers regular hand sanitizer, of course comes the FOAM HAND SANITIZER!
Foam Hand Sanitizer is claimed to leave no residue on the hands (as hand sanitizer gel can leave build up of bacteria...what?!?), along with that it contains moisturizers and conditioners that cause it to be gentle to the skin, non-irritating and non-drying, even if used repeatedly.
So by the looks of it, foam is definitely the way to go when choosing instant hand sanitizers. However, with almost anything that is better, it costs more. The average (250 ml) foam hand sanitizer is around 9.99 to 19.99; when you can get a hand sanitizer gel for about 0.99 cents a bottle, depending on brand and variables. Lets not even get into non-alcoholic foam hand sanitizer, that could cost you 69.99 for a 12 ml bottle! If you are serious about keeping your hands clean and helping to stop the spread of diseases, foam is better choice aside from gel. Hand sanitizer spray will be examined next.
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